Tag: Cremation
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As church attendances slump in the US more are favouring cremations and ‘reductions’ over burials
LAST year California incurred the wrath of the state’s Catholic Conference of Bishops (CCC) when it passed a law that will allow for the composting of human remains. The CCC, according to the Christian Post, was among several groups that opposed to the law, saying the process “reduces the human body to simply a disposable…
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US Catholic bishops rail against ‘aquamation’, an eco-friendly alternative to burial
CONCERNED that members of their cult might be drawn to what what they wrongly believe is a newfangled method of disposing of human remains—alkaline hydrolysis, or “aquamation”—the US Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued a statement condemning the process. The statement says: In recent years, newer methods and technologies for disposition of the bodies of…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 